Jacob's Heart Celebrates Their 17th Annual Kidrageous Celebration of Childhood Cancer Awareness!

WATSONVILLE, Calif. - June 27, 2015 - PRLog -- Sunday, September 13th from 12 - 5 PM

Kidrageous Carnival brings Awareness to Childhood Cancer

WATSONVILLE, CA (June 2015) Jacob's Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services exists to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and support their families in the challenges they face. Over the past 17 years, Jacob's Heart has served more than 550 local children and their families in Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Clara and Monterey Counties and has helped more than 120 local families remember and honor their angel children. This event will be an opportunity to show compassion and love from a caring community and raise awareness for our local warriors.
Save the Date:

·         Sunday September 13^th

·         Time:  Noon to 5pm

·         Location:  Watsonville Plaza Corner of East Beach and Main Street, Watsonville, CA

·         Jacob’s Heart will hold our 17th annual KIDRAGEOUS Carnival in the Plaza in Watsonville from noon to 5 pm for face painting, live music, dancing and family fun. Fun for the whole family

·         Entrance is FREE!

·         If you can't make it, please consider making a donation! Jacob's Heart 2007 Freedom Blvd. Freedom, CA 95019 orhttps://donatenow.networkforgood.org/jacobsheart

About September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month:

On September 19, 1999, Jacob’s Heart Children's Cancer Support Services gathered nearly 1,000 signatures from Santa Cruz community members, and led the grassroots efforts to establish September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the State of California by executive order. These efforts have since expanded to national significance, and each year the president officially declares September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  The purpose is to raise awareness about the realities of pediatric cancer, its effect on children, families and communities and to advocate for funding to research causes and cures. Wearing gold ribbons and changing porch lights to gold, individuals, organizations, institutions and governing bodies are uniting under a golden banner of compassionate action - especially here in our local community.

About Kidrageous:

At Jacob’s Heart’s KIDRAGEOUS, all of the booths, activities, food and KIDRAGEOUS characters represent the "favorite things" of local children with cancer. Examples include painted flower pots in memory of Maddy, a fire engine in honor of Anthony, angel wings in memory of Reyna, Disney princesses in honor of Emily, a sand-castle building contest in honor of Samuel, peppermint patties in memory of Samantha and the music will be played in memory of Matthew.

About Jacob’s Heart:

Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services started with one little boy who was given a 5% chance to survive one of the most deadly forms of childhood cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia. Jacob, now 21 years old, remembers his number one concern: how his family would cope with his illness and potential death. Since then, Jacob has grown up and so has Jacob's Heart.

Jacob’s Heart has received local, regional and national recognition for providing compassionate, family-centered care to 550 local families who have heard the devastating words, "Your child has cancer."

More than 500 dedicated volunteers and staff of five provide essential services that address the isolation, fear, and seemingly insurmountable day-to-day challenges that families experience as they navigate their way through one of life's most difficult challenges. Services include: Individual and family counseling, peer mentorship and social support, financial and practical assistance including direct payment of bills such as rent, phone and utilities and biweekly home delivery distribution of nutritious groceries delivered to families whose children are undergoing intensive cancer treatment and community education about pediatric cancer.